Cranston Police turn to social media in cold case murder
By Liz Tufts
ltufts@abc6.com
On the 29th anniversary of a murder in Cranston, the victim’s son and police are hoping someone will come forward.
The cold case of Donna Fisher was reopened two years ago and police are not turning to social media in hopes of finally cracking it.
Robert Fisher has just turned 18 when his 38-year-old mother, Donna, was found dead inside their Cranston home in December of 1986.
"It never gets easier, you just learn how to cope with it," says Robert.
Cranston Police first thought she had died from natural causes, but an autopsy revealed she had been strangled. Almost three decades ago, the search for the person who killed her still continues.
"We are never going to understand why it happened, we’re never going to understand all the details, but we just want to be able to say we know what happened," says Cranston Police Captain Vincent McAteer.
Cranston detectives reopened the case two years ago and they’ve since turned to Facebook and Twitter to put the word out on social media to anyone who may have seen or heard something the night of her death.
"29 years later it’s still important, just as any other cold case, so if you think you know something, even if its small, please contact us," says McAteer.
Robert, who’s an only child, says not a day goes by he doesn’t think about his mother.
"Too many milestones have happened… weddings, birthdays, holidays, and you always look into the crowd hoping she’s looking back. It’s hard sometimes," explains Robert, who says not knowing what happened is preventing him and his entire family from moving on.
"We just want to get her story back out there, even if someone had a conversation with her at one point, maybe it will trigger something and get us some kind of answers for us," he says.
Donna would have turned 68-years-old Tuesday, on the anniversary of her death. Anyone with information is asked to call Cranston Police.
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